April 15, 2009

Sea of Shoes on the News

On Tuesday night this little short about Sea of Shoes aired on Channel 33! I missed it in real time unfortunately because I don't have a TV but it's online now! But wow, very honored and very excited.

I am really rockin' the double chin! LOL. Okay. Sorry, I am just so self-conscious about being filmed!

Thanks to my friend Maury for uploading this-he also did a nice write up which I am going to put up here:

Sea of Shoes' Blog Author, JANE ALDRIDGE [INTERVIEW/FEATURE]

KDAF 'The 33 News'

Dallas, TX

[orig. air date: 4.13.09]

Jane Aldridge [in her first television interview] is calm, composed and at home [literally].

Her CV includes 'Teen Vogue' and 'French Glamour,' and hundreds of blogs, whose readers track her every footstep--Jane is unfazed, but not immune to scrutiny.

This featurette includes shiny 'boot-y' from her closet [recognizable to readers of 'Sea of Shoes'--her industry-watched blog, described here as, 'One of the most popular blogs on the Internet'].

Jane Bites:

Most hits in a day? [61,000].

Kanye West 'Boot-y call'?

[Yes, but not what you're thinking. Rapper, turned fashion maven and SOS fan was all 'bout business.]

Got shoes? Affirmative!

Exotic, avant-garde; always chic; impossible to find this side of Paris [France, not Texas], Jane's shoes artfully parked in their own showroom--her bedroom closet, await her selection du jour for, either exercise, or their big break--a photo layout in 'SOS,' where one imagines serious late night multilingual bitch-sessions on who has more hits [CDG or AD]? And who's a played-out pump from the early '07s?

[As a reader of 'SOS' (she also posts very occasionally to my blog), I have witnessed grown women, teenage girls, and not a few men comment her posts, combining bliss, agony, deep-green envy, and obeisant supplication, with the rare Jerry Springer-reject thrown in for kicks.]

Jane, with insight beyond her years, and an easy Texas laugh appropriate to them [due in part to her mother, Judy Aldridge, former Japan-based fashion model, current designer and vintage retailer at 'Atlantis Vintage' http://atlantishome.typepad.com], credits Mom for inspiration and an early initiation by Kabuki [a time-capsule from Judy, stored in her attic, and labeled, 'for Jane'].

Cocksure, not cocky, Jane [with a twinkle] begins, 'If I were a shoe...,' selecting a chic '09 Alaïa 'Maryjane on Steroids' and anthropomorphizing it with only a modicum of detectable bullshit into that which would normally define superfluity, but which here transforms a teenage puff-piece, tabled in Dallas, into a real fashion remote from Trophy Club, where suburban student Jane turns into 'Shoesea' Superhero-- "Shoenami J"!

Most 17-year-old young women would have Tweet'd, Facebook'd and Myspace'd this item faster than you can say Demeulemeester. Ms. Aldridge was kind enough to extend me the favor. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank her for her permission to vicariously participate, witness and begin a viral phenomenon.

It's been a learning experience to clock a Ferrari's 'Zero to Sixty' Hits-Per-Hour next to my Hybrid, and I'm humbled.

p.s. While cynical observers doubt this wunderkinds' credibility; it seems that her age is proving just one of her assets in the quixotic, constant flux of the world which she chronicles and inhabits; however, that which fuels the her current flame, will only see her passion prove its limit.

~Nichopoulooza~mrjyn

Thanks again Maury.

I hear this short might make it to CNN? Who knows! I'll update this post if I find out.

Your love of vintage and originality are so refreshing to see everyday! You can't buy originality like that--If you ever question yourself, step back and get back into what YOU love! All the influences in media and industry can make you start thinking what others will think is good, but the second you DO think about it, you're stepping away from what brought you to where you are!
Just wanted to encourage you to trust your own talent. I know people in the fashion industry that have all said to me that--one day, you'll have people who depend on you for a paycheck or for their good name and you will worry. Learning to make decisions like there's NOTHING riding on it will be what keeps you original!! :)

You're definitely worth the success you're having now, Jane!
I've followed this blog since the very beginning (found it through tFS) and you never fail to make inspiring posts. I'm sure you have a very bright fashion future ahead of you :)

Lol I feel ridiculous for commenting you when you've got so many lovers already, but this is truly amazing. You indeed seem quite demure for your age, and ahhh - I want more shots of that shoerack to drool over!

This is a SUPER interview, it's really strange to hear your voice =D.
Well even if I live in Paris, me and some friends(to me) check your blog everyday.
We love your style and especially all your SHOES!
Well I wish you the best for you and your mother.
XO, Bye.

Oh my god Jane! I can't believe it! You sound alot different to what I would have though haha, so cute! I saw no double chin either!
Are you really working on your own shoe line? Arghhhh! I can't wait! xox

Wow! How fun was that! Congratulations! You really deserve it though. Your sense of style is the best and very inspiring. AND you seem to be a very sweet, genuine person, and modest. Lots of love from a big Sea of Shoes- fan in Sweden :)